Preference for female vs male bosses

What I find most interesting are the facts (table near the bottom) that

1. Democrats are more or less egalitarian (32%/33%/34% for preferring male, female, no preference), and Republicans have the largest male-female preference gap (40/16/42) of any group.

2. Women (40/27/32) have much stronger preferences than men (29/18/51) and the male-female preference gap is not significantly different between men (11) and women (13).

Given that women lean Democratic by a large margin, the results probably mean that Republican women have a very strong preference for male bosses.

I think it's not surprising that Republicans have a very large gap because of the party platform. But why is it that women have stronger preferences than men? And why would Republican women be even more strongly in favor of male bosses than Republican men?

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The contemporaries of Jesus could no more imagine a world where women have equality than the founding fathers could imagine email. ~Chrissy Lynn

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Many people are arguing that women are more likely than men to prefer male bosses for reasons X, Y, Z. But note that women are also more likely than men to prefer female bosses. The male-female preference gap is actually about the same for men and women.

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The contemporaries of Jesus could no more imagine a world where women have equality than the founding fathers could imagine email. ~Chrissy Lynn

I actually prefer a male boss. I have had many female supervisors and I haven't felt comfortable around a single one. I bonded with all of my male supervisors and felt more appreciated and thereby productive in those offices. I tend to get along with men better than women anyways.

Did anyone notice the biased wording? Democrats have the stronger gender preference. (Dems = 34% no preference, Republicans = 42% no preference). Yet Democrats are called "egalitarian"? How is having a stronger gender preference more egalitarian?

I get the male-female difference there. But you have to put it together with the #s that were taken away with the "no preference" option.

I tend to prefer male bosses. Not because I think that men "lead" better or any of that crap. I just don't like to deal with the catty shit at work a deal find that less prevalent with male bosses.
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